Archive for March 2013

When you think of games people play on Facebook, the first one that might come to mind is FarmVille. But today marks the official launch of a new game that hopes to build on the success of such social games to raise awareness of the difficult

Manju, age 14, (at right) says attending school allows her and her friends to understand their strength and self-worth. Photo by Maggie Carroll
Editor's note: Empowering women is at the core of Heifer International's model for sustainable

Every Sunday we highlight some of the people who are funding our work creatively or helping us spread the word of our mission online. If you spot Heifer International while youre surfing the web or know of a fun or creative fundraising

Every week we feature a fun and/or educational activity you can try at home or in the classroom. Today is Dr. Suess's birthday and Read Across America Day, so I thought it was fitting to highlight one of my favorite Dr. Suess books, Horton Hears a

Raghu and Kalpana are a young married couple in Nepal. Raghu worked in Malaysia, but after he attended Heifer's 12 Cornerstones for Just and Sustainable Development training, the couple started a goat-breeding business in their own

Right now, the rate of malnutrition in Central America is staggering. In the Alta Verapaz region of Guatemala, 60 percent of the population suffers from chronic or acute malnutrition. Six out of 10 children struggle with malnutrition